The ESP8266 is a great processor for a lot of projects needing a small microcontroller and Wi-Fi, all for a reasonable price and in some pretty small form factors. [Simon] used one to build a garage ...

Like Ars Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson, I have a garage. The door on that garage is opened and closed by a device made by a company that, as with Lee's, offers you a way to open and close it ...

[TheStaticTurtle] built a custom controller for automating his garage doors. He wanted to retain the original physical button and RF remote control interfaces while adding a more modern wireless ...

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Garage door openers are often overlooked since there’s a good chance your home likely came with one pre-installed. But if you ...

Garage door openers are a modern convenience many of us take for granted. With just the touch of a button, we can access our garage space. Every year, we open and close the largest door to our home ...

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Do you ever drive away from home only to ask yourself, “Did I close the garage door?” I’ve done it more than I care to admit. But there’s a simple and affordable device that can solve that issue for ...

BUNNELL, Fla. – Karen, of Bunnell, asked us to program her garage door remote buttons built into her sun visor in her car because she couldn’t get them to work on her own. We found out why – it was a ...

I’ve been working with computers for ages, starting with a multi-year stint in purchasing for a major IBM reseller in New York City before eventually landing at PCMag (back when it was still in print ...

After spending a month using the Chamberlain WiFi garage door opener I can’t imagine going back to a dumb garage door opener. The convenience of opening my garage door with my smartphone from anywhere ...

The torsion spring, not the operator (or motor), does the heavy lifting. Aesthetics aside, the big changes in today's 300-pound steel doors are in insulation. Tighter perimeter seals and sandwiched ...